CHSE Odisha Elective Biotechnology case studies
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The CHSE Odisha Elective Biotechnology course is a +2 (higher secondary) science elective offered under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha. Students typically take it alongside the standard science subjects, and it suits candidates who want a foundation in molecular biology, recombinant DNA methods, tissue culture, fermentation and applied biotechnology before moving into a B.Sc., B.Tech or paramedical programme. The CHSE Odisha Elective Biotechnology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,362 words.
1Chromium in the Cuttack Plating Cluster
A cluster of 14 small electroplating units near Cuttack discharges about 12,000 L of rinse water per day into a common drain. Analysis shows Cr(VI) at 45 mg/L, pH 3.8, sulphate 2,800 mg/L, and occasional oil and grease.
684 words, about 3 min2Stuck Molasses Fermentation
A cooperative distillery in western Odisha ferments molasses to ethanol in a 40,000 L batch fermenter. The current batch, charged with 18% w/v total sugar molasses, is stuck at 6.2% v/v ethanol after 30 hours; the normal endpoint is 8.5% v/v.
690 words, about 3 min3No Transformants in the Teaching Lab
A postgraduate lab wants to clone a 2.1 kb gene into pUC19. The gene was amplified with primers carrying EcoRI and BamHI sites.
631 words, about 3 min4Cold Chain Break at a Kandhamal Outreach Session
A health worker reaches a remote village in Kandhamal district with a cold box containing 200 doses of measles–rubella (MR) vaccine, 100 doses of hepatitis B vaccine, and 50 doses of DPT. The cold box was packed the previous evening with conditioned ice packs.
675 words, about 3 min5A Landrace Gene and a Patent Application
A start-up in Bhubaneswar sequences a traditional salt-tolerant rice landrace, 'Kala Jeera', conserved by farmers in the coastal saline belt of Odisha. The company identifies a promoter sequence that confers salt-inducible expression and files an Indian patent application on the isolated promoter and a transgenic rice containing it.
682 words, about 3 min